Material specification sheet

Saarstahl - C40E (Ck40)

Material No.:

Former brand name:

International steel grades:

1.1186

Material group:
Chemical
composition:
(Typical analysis in %)

BS:
AFNOR:
SAE:

080M40, 080A40, 060A40

C40E, 2C40, XC42H1
1040

Steel for quenching and tempering according to DIN EN 10083

C

Si

Mn

other

0,40

0,25

0,65

<=0,03

(Pb)

Application:

Plain carbon steel for mechanical engineering and automotive

components

Hot forming and

heat treatment:

Forging or hot rolling:

Mechanical
Properties:

1100 - 850C

Normalising:

850 - 890C/air

Soft annealing:

680 - 710C/furnace

Hardening:

830 - 870C/water, oil

Tempering:

550 - 660C/air

Treated for cold shearability +S:

Shearable in as rolled
condition
-

Soft annealed +A:

Quenched and tempered, +QT:
Diameter d [mm]

< 16

>16 40

>40 100

>100 160

>160 250

Thickness t [mm]

<8

8<t<20

20<t<60

60<t<100

100<t<160

0,2% proof stress

Rp0,2 [N/mm]

min. 460

min. 400

min. 350

Tensile strength Rm [N/mm]

650 - 800

630 - 780

600 - 750

Fracture elongation A5 [%]

min. 16

min. 18

min. 19

Reduction of area Z [%]

min. 35

min. 40

min. 45

Notch impact energy ISO-V [J]

min. 30

min. 30

min. 30

Normalised, +N:
Diameter d [mm]

< 16

>16 100

>100 250

Thickness t [mm]

< 16

16<t<100

100<t<250

0,2% proof stress

Rp0,2 [N/mm]

min. 320

min. 290

min. 260

Tensile strength Rm [N/mm]

min. 580

min. 550

min. 530

Fracture elongation A5 [%]

min. 16

min. 17

min. 17